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Louisville Gets the Most Improved Trophy
Bicycling Magazine has named Louisville, Washington D.C. and New York city as the three most improved cities for biking in the country. That’s so very cool. I haven’t completely drank the Kool-Aid (as I’ve mentioned I’m scared to death most of the time when I ride my bike on Bardstown Road) but I know the [...]
Continue reading...Louisville Participating in Workplace Flexibility Study
11. March 2008
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Back in January I linked to a Fast Company blog post about comparing how the states of New York and Kentucky are dealing with flexibility and innovation regarding workers and work life. The point of the piece was that some programs in Kentucky are actively trying to embrace a culture of flexibility because it’s good [...]
Continue reading...Louisville is Feeling Good as the #19 Least Stressful City
13. February 2008
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The online division of the parent company of Business First decided it’d be cool to know what metro areas are the most and least stressful. So naturally they started digging in to government data. Bizjournals created a 10-part formula to rank the stress levels in the 50 largest metros using data collected by several government [...]
Continue reading...Fast Company: “Work/Life: NYC Versus Kentucky”
24. January 2008
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The New York Times ran an article on January 20, 2008 about the state of New York’s tax code “which in some cases double-taxes nonresidents who work for companies based in New York but occasionally telecommute.” That article led one of Fast Company blogger Cali Williams Yost to compare and contrast the state of New [...]
Continue reading...Kragthorpe Press Conference at 3PM
21. November 2007
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Other than the occasional snide comment about how much this football season has sucked if you’re a University of Louisville fan, like I of course am, I’ve pretty much stayed away from the pitchfork carrying crowds chanting “Kragthorpe sucks.” However, if, at the 3PM news conference the University of Louisville has called Kragthorpe announces he’s [...]
Continue reading...No Delays at the Airport So Far
21. November 2007
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The Courier wants us to know that so far, there are no major delays at the airport. Most flights have been running smoothly this morning, according to a spokeswoman for Louisville International Airport. There have not been any delays for flights departing Louisville as of 8 a.m., said Trish Burke, airport spokeswoman. That means all [...]
Continue reading...If You Have Power To Read This You Probably Don’t Live on Hillcrest
19. October 2007
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The Courier says that LGE says that only 200 people are still without power after last night’s storms. That’s pretty impressive I think. It seems like most of those 200 are situated around Hillcrest in Crescent Hill. Obviously this begs the question “do the storm gods hate extensive Halloween displays or were they just trying [...]
Continue reading...- My Farm Life at LFPL Wednesday February 8, 2012
- Vegetable Garden Design Workshop February 12, 2012
- Free February is Free at Yew Dell Gardens
- Community Movie Night at The Trilliquin Center: Wasteland
- 2012 Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off February 12
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